Samsung Releases 4TB T7 Shield Portable SSD

[MacRumors]

Samsung today announced the launch of a 4TB version of its popular T7 Shield portable SSD, with the new version joining the 1TB and 2TB size options that Samsung debuted last April.

The T7 Shield is Samsung's most damage-resistant SSD, offering a durable casing that protects the device both indoors and outdoors. The Shield's enclosure is made from aluminum and has an IP65 water and dust resistance rating, so it can hold up to rain and other elements. It also offers crush resistance and protection from drops over nine feet high.

There is a rubberized exterior casing around the aluminum that adds further protection, and because of the small size, it is portable and ideal for use when traveling. The 4TB model is available in black.

The T7 Shield offers read speeds of up to 1,050 MB/s, and write speeds of up to 1,000 MB/s. It connects to a Mac using a USB-C to USB-C cable, and has a built-in thermal guard to protect from degradation due to overheating.

The 4TB T7 Shield Portable SSD can be purchased from the Samsung website for $430. Samsung also sells a 2TB variant for $180, and a 1TB model for $100.

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[Alfredo_Delgado]

"The T7 Shield offers read speeds of up to 1,050 MB/s, and write speeds of up to 1,000 MB/s."

I guess if you really need the rugged protection then this is appealing. It's half as fast as the SanDisk 4TB Extreme PRO.

 

[coffeemilktea]

Water resistance AND crush resistance? My collection of cat memes is going to be so well protected.

 

[Realityck]

For a T7 looks rugged enough. Specially for people that throw these around at work or on the road. To be honest I'd like them to sell a NVme based external eventually, need something faster than USB 3.2.

 

[HiVolt]

Why aren't they making these USB4/TB compliant? USB-C on Macs is only 10gbps, but they've all supported Thunderbolt 3 for a long time.

 

[jayducharme]

I was hoping that the price of SSDs would drop a bit faster than they have. I'd like to replace my mechanical external drive, but I'd have to take out second mortgage to afford one with a 16 tb capacity.

 

[bradman83]

"The T7 Shield offers read speeds of up to 1,050 MB/s, and write speeds of up to 1,000 MB/s."

I guess if you really need the rugged protection then this is appealing. It's half as fast as the SanDisk 4TB Extreme PRO.

The SanDisk relies on USB 3.2 2x2 to achieve that speed, which macOS does not support. The SanDisk would likely be constricted to single channel of 10 Gbps which would give you about the 1,000 MB/s as the Samsung accounting for USB signal overhead.

 

[bankshot]

Would be nice to see the cheaper non-Shield T7 in 4 TB, but I can't see anything that indicates it exists. I've got a few of the T5s and T7s in 2 TB and they are super handy, but sometimes a bit more space would be nice.

 

[nvmls]

Why aren't they making these USB4/TB compliant? USB-C on Macs is only 10gbps, but they've all supported Thunderbolt 3 for a long time.

Avoid paying royalties? I agree though.

 

[ThomasJL]

The 4TB T7 Shield Portable SSD can be purchased from the Samsung website for $430. Samsung also sells a 2TB variant for $180, and a 1TB model for $100.​

Samsung’s much lower prices for top-tier quality SSDs show just how much that greedy scumbag Tim Cook is ripping off customers with his unreasonably high SSD prices.

And what makes things even worse is when you consider that external SSDs are supposed to be higher priced than internal SSDs (due to external drives requiring more parts). Tim Cook’s high prices are hostile, especially towards lower income people.

 

[randolorian]

Samsung’s much lower prices for top-tier quality SSDs show just how much that greedy scumbag Tim Cook is ripping off customers with his unreasonably high SSD prices.

And what makes things even worse is when you consider that external SSDs are supposed to be higher priced than internal SSDs (due to external drives requiring more parts). Tim Cook’s high prices are hostile, especially towards lower income people.

I really think they see it as value pricing. The idea being that if you need more storage than the baseline, then you must be doing more with your computer, extracting more value out of it. This is how they keep pros from buying the lower cost hardware.

 

[saudor]

Samsung’s much lower prices for top-tier quality SSDs show just how much that greedy scumbag Tim Cook is ripping off customers with his unreasonably high SSD prices.

And what makes things even worse is when you consider that external SSDs are supposed to be higher priced than internal SSDs (due to external drives requiring more parts). Tim Cook’s high prices are hostile, especially towards lower income people.

dont forget RAM pricing. In the PC world, 32gb CL16 3200 MHz RAM can be had for dirt cheap but apple charged $200 for an extra 8gb(for their 2666MHz RAM for intel imac since Im being nice by not bringing in M1 pricing)

 

[fraXis]

Hopefully, it doesn't have a 990 Samsung SSD inside of it!

Samsung 990 Pro SSDs are apparently failing fast, and nobody knows why

Samsung has apparently yet to replicate the issue

www.techradar.com

 

[ppjones]

samsung has been upgrading my macbook pro hard drive space for years now.

 

[mcilwraith]

i have the regular T7 1Tb. brilliant. fast, reliable, tiny.

 

[Realityck]

Why aren't they making these USB4/TB compliant? USB-C on Macs is only 10gbps, but they've all supported Thunderbolt 3 for a long time.

In that regard the T7 doesn't work any faster than a T5 right? USB-3.2 wasn't ever implanted on Macs as I recall. I would like to see a USB4 external from Samsung.

 

[MilaM]

In that regard the T7 doesn't work any faster than a T5 right? USB-3.2 wasn't ever implanted on Macs as I recall. I would like to see a USB4 external from Samsung.

USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 GBits/s) works on M1
USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 GBits/s) is not supported

USB 3.1 Gen 2 and USB 3.2 Gen 2 are the same btw. Confusing, I know.

 

[UltimateSyn]

That's expensive. Wish SSDs were cheaper.

 

[MauiPa]

why is it so slow?

 

[Damian83]

I was hoping that the price of SSDs would drop a bit faster than they have. I'd like to replace my mechanical external drive, but I'd have to take out second mortgage to afford one with a 16 tb capacity.

Im so sad for this. :-( i know people that cant afford even first mortgage and have just one cheap android as the only connected device :-(

 

[Damian83]

I really think they see it as value pricing. The idea being that if you need more storage than the baseline, then you must be doing more with your computer, extracting more value out of it. This is how they keep pros from buying the lower cost hardware.

Yes, nowadays for needing 1tb storage u need to be a pro 🤦🏻

 

[davidf18]

I use the 2 TB Sheilds. They work very nicely and are better than Sandisk. Samsung supports Mac for SSD firmware upgrades, Sandisk/WD only supports Windows for SSD firmware upgrade.

I price match with Best Buy because I'm worried about Amazon inventory co-mingling when ordering electronics.

A nice review that also demonstrates Samsung performance is better than Sandisk. Read comments as well:

Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield Review: Flagship PSSD Gets IP65 Avatar

www.anandtech.com

 

[DotCom2]

I just got 2 2TB T7 Sammys (the regular ones, not Shields) for $160 each on Amazon.

 

[breather]

my knowledge of these things are very limited.
Is thunderbolt faster then USB-C 3.2 gen 2?

The M1 iMac has 2 USB-C 3.2 gen 2 and 2 Thunderbolt?

If I get a SSD that supports Thunderbolt will it read/write at Thunderbolt speed or will it be faster/slower?

what is the absolutely fastest I can get in terms of an external ssd with an M1 iMac?

 

[darngooddesign]

Samsung’s much lower prices for top-tier quality SSDs show just how much that greedy scumbag Tim Cook is ripping off customers with his unreasonably high SSD prices.

And what makes things even worse is when you consider that external SSDs are supposed to be higher priced than internal SSDs (due to external drives requiring more parts). Tim Cook’s high prices are hostile, especially towards lower income people.

Even in Steve Jobs days, upgrading your computer’s RAM and HD from Apple was always more expensive than going 3rd party. The 64GB SSD in the original Steve Jobs MBA was double what 80GB SSDs were going for. Even iPhones and iPads under Steve Jobs had SSD pricing far above 3rd party.

But do you feel better now that you got to call TC a greedy scumbag?